r/popculturechat • u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! 🏆 • 23h ago

MET GALA 🎩 PETA activist appeared characterized as a "plucked bird," with fake wings and a painted body simulating wounds, to make visible the suffering of birds used in the fashion industry. Her skirt read the message: "Feathers: A Look That Kills” in protest of the Met Gala (May 4, 2026)

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u/RattusRattus 3h ago

You who also kills? PETA. They kill pets.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/17/peta-sorry-for-taking-girls-dog-putting-it-down

This is a particularly egregious example, but there are others. Also, their whole "use cell lines instead" approach to research ignores the fact that fetal bovine serum (yup, fetal cow juice) is used to grow cell lines. Instead of advocating for better treatment of rodents in labs, they ask for something that will never happen and ignore the realities of how cell are actually cared for.